Supply Planner: EMEA (6-month contract - Maternity leave cover)

Supply Planner: EMEA

(6-month contract – Maternity leave cover)

Based in Valencia, Spain

About AgroFresh

Imagine a world with less food waste and stronger, more sustainable produce businesses. Where consumers everywhere have even more abundant and delicious produce options. This is our singular focus at AgroFresh and what inspires our colleagues every day.

AgroFresh is an AgTech innovator and global leader with a mission to prevent food loss/waste and conserve the planet’s resources by providing a range of science-based solutions, digital technologies, and high-touch customer services. In a world fraught with climate change and shrinking natural resources, we partner with growers, packers, and retailers bringing solutions across the food supply chain to enhance the quality and extend the shelf life of fresh produce. The AgroFresh organization has 40 years of post-harvest experience across a broad range of crops, including pome fruit (apples/pears), citrus, avocados, and mangoes – and we continue to expand into new countries and crops and pre-harvest.

What the Role Delivers

We are looking for a Supply Planner to join our EMEA team, responsible for driving supply planning, and inventory optimization across a defined product portfolio.

This role will be directly responsible for creating and monitoring supply plans for the defined portfolio based on forecast, buffering and stock on hand as well as all actions related to inventory counts for the EMEA region with 83 stock holding facilities.

It also requires the ability to leverage digital tools and automation solutions (especially within Microsoft 365 and SAP environments) to improve planning efficiency, data visibility, and decision-making.

This position is based in Valencia and requires close collaboration with regional and global stakeholders.

 

Responsibilities

· Develop supply plans for allocated portfolio based on forecast, stock levels, and production constraints

· Monitor inventory levels and drive optimization (safety stock, slow-moving, excess stock)

· Coordinate replenishment needs across EMEA hubs and Global Supply chain

· Collaborate with Commercial, Production, Purchasing, and Logistics teams to align planning with

operational constraints

· Ensure visibility of risks and gaps between demand and supply

· Monitor execution of supply plans and follow up on deviations

· Identify and mitigate risks such as stockouts, delays, and urgent shipments

· Leverage digital tools to improve planning processes and data visibility

· Identify opportunities for automation and process optimization within planning activities

· Use Microsoft 365 tools (Excel, Power BI, Power Automate) and SAP to streamline workflows and

reporting

· Support seasonal planning and inventory balancing across the supply chain

· Support Ops leads with data related to inventory and drive optimum inventory and stock availability based on updated demand plan

· Responsible for the Inventory count process in EMEA: Collaborate with service providers on Stock counts, Stock variance analysis and stock Adjustments for the EMEA region in SAP.

 

Who to Work With

Primary internal and external stakeholders

· Commercial team – Country Managers and Account Managers

· Global Operations Team (Integrated Supply sites and other regional Ops teams)

· Regulatory and Quality teams

· Global sites supplying the region

 

How We Work

AgroFresh core competencies – those in italics apply for people leaders

· Accountability for Results

· Mindset for Growth

· Customer Centricity

· One AgroFresh

What the Job Requires

· Relevant Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree (Supply Chain Management, Finance, Data Analytics or similar)

· 2-4 years of experience in Supply Planning, Inventory planning or Supply Chain Analytics

· Experience working with ERP and planning systems (SAP R3 / S4 HANA preferred)

· Experience and Understanding of MRP principles

· Advanced Excel skills (data modelling, large datasets, scenario analysis)

· Ability to organize meetings with large audience and generate actions & Follow ups.

· Very strong organizational and communication (written/Oral) skills.

· Good Coordination skills with other functions within Supply chain and outside (Regulatory, Marketing, Commercial), capacity to create consensus.

· Pragmatism and capacity to work with changing priorities.

· Ability to use digital tools and improve processes to improve efficiency will be advantageous.

Why Work Here

· The role offers strong exposure to end-to-end Supply Chain planning processes, and cross-functional collaboration exposes you to multiple skillsets and roles to gain experience.

· We work every day to improve the quantity and quality of fresh produce and reduce food waste – that is important to every person on the planet.

· We have an enterprising spirit and are looking for like-minded problem-solvers to help us accomplish our goals.

· We are growing and transforming – both our business and the industry.

 

How to apply:

Please send your CV to:

Hilletje Meyer – EMEA Supply Chain Lead – hmeyer@agrofresh.com

Carryn Philips – Human Capital Operations manager - carryn.phillips@agrofresh.com